New member from south lanarkshire

[Scirrocco]

Hi all, been following the site for a while and think it’s excellent. I bought a honwave 2.7 air deck with a 2.3 Honda outboard and launching trailer a couple of weeks ago second hand. I tried it out last week when on holiday with my caravan at yellowcraigs in north Berwick. I got out two days and it was great fun. I’ve a lot to learn so didn’t go out too far. I’m going to get a bit bigger engine for it but the little Honda pushed us around fine. I’m normally driving a bus for a living so it’s a great way to de-stress.

[Jung at Heart]

North Berwick is a lovely spot, sounds like a wise decision not going out far to until you get more experience and a larger outboard, I imagine with the 2.3hp you could end up on the spot or going backwards in the wrong circumstances off the coast.
What outboard are you thinking of swapping to?
There are so many great places to take a boat around Scotland, reading Highland Haggis’s account of the SIBers meet-up last week at Largs, there was plenty to take anyone’s mind off of work.
Enjoy!

[craig_c]

Hello!

[Scirrocco]

Thinking about a 6hp. The boat can take up to an 8 but it may be less manageable weight wise. The 2.3 was fine but it was fairly calm. Something more powerful would be a bit safer if the conditions changed.

[craig_c]

I would say 4hp-5hp 2stroke the way to go. Depends if you want to go fast and how many you carry. Post it on the SIB section, those guys are the experts!

[Highland Haggis]

6hp would be fine and easy to carry any larger and it gets to heavy and awkward to move around HH

[beamishken]

8hp yam two stroke would be ideal best power to weight ratio youll find, same engine as the 6 so no point in buying the 6 if the boats rated to 8hp